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ACCOLADE RESULTS
92 points
2019 Quinta do Crasto Touriga Nacional
Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast, May 2024
“Cellar Selection
Touriga Nacional, the premium variety of the Douro, is treated to a powerful version in this wine. Black-currant fruits, violet spice and perfume aromas are sustained with toast, dark berry fruits and succulent acidity. Drink the wine from 2025. Suitable for vegans.”
93 points
2021 Quinta do Crasto Reserva Old Vines
Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast, May 2024
“CELLAR SELECTION
Black plum, mint and dense wood aromas are the result of oak aging and concentrated fruit from 70-year-old vines. The Crasto vineyard is rich in mixed plantings and this wine shows the resulting complexity alongside the fruits. Drink from 2027. Suitable for vegans.”
91 points
2020 Crasto Superior Red
Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast, May 2024
“From Crasto's vineyard in the Douro Superior, the wine has a smoky and warm-herb aroma. It has dense tannins and juicy black-currant fruits. The character is forward, ripe and young, Concentrated fruits are ready to soften further. Drink from 2025. Suitable for vegans.”
97 points
2017 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto Vigna Le Rocche Riserva
Monica Larner, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, August 2023
“This year's top-end release from Bruno Giacosa is the 2017 Barolo Riserva Falletto Vigna Le Rocche (in the red label). Bottled in 2019, the wine stands apart thanks to a hot and dry growing season that Bruna Giacosa is very excited about. In fact, she prefers 2017 to 2015, although the two vintages do share similarities. This wine is very open-knit, and it reveals dark concentration in the form of ripe blackberry, candied cherry and spice. The tannins show a loose, granular quality that adds considerably to the textural impact of this Riserva.”
95 points
Piper-Heidsieck Cuvée Brut
Kyle Swartz, Beverage Dynamics, March 2024
“Reflecting the house style, this blend of wines produced from multiple parcels provides a cross section of the region’s terroir. The wine is brilliant pale gold in the glass, with a fine and persistent mousse. The extended bottle aging provides multiple layers of tree fruit and toasted nuts. In the mouth, it is supple and lively. A great example of an attractive house style, from one of the region’s leading producers”
88-90 points
2021 M. Chapoutier Les Granilites Rouge
Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, May 2024
“Chapoutier's 2021 Saint-Joseph Les Granilites exhibits some crushed stone and raspberry notes but also a decent amount of cedary pencil shavings. Only medium-bodied and not that charming on the palate, there are plentiful tannins and a touch of hardness on the finish, despite the bulk of the tannins seeming quite silky. There's the sensation of slightly over-steeped tea.”
93 points
2021 M. Chapoutier Invitare Condrieu
Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, May 2024
“The 2021 Condrieu Invitare showcases the appellation's typical floral aromas, with just a hint of ginger and some fresh apricot flavors. Medium-bodied, this isn't a huge, blowsy wine but a refined, elegant and somewhat understated Condrieu that drinks well now, with a long and silky finish. It's Chapoutier's view that Viognier needs some oxygen during its élevage to help resolve the variety's bitterness, so this is largely matured in demi-muids but with virtually no new oak”